Bangladesh police said Nurul Islam Marzan, a key coordinator of the attack on an upscale Dhaka cafe last July which left at least 20 people dead in its wake, was killed Friday morning in a gunfight with police.&nbsp;

Another man who is a suspect in the murders of Hindu priest Jogeshwar Roy, Hossain Ali, a Christian convert from Islam, and Japanese national Hoshi Kunio was also killed in the gunfight, Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime chief Monirul Islam confirmed to WION.

Ali was killed in March last year. Roy in February, and Kunio in October 2015.

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Security forces said Marzan was a key coordinator of the July attack, and that the terrorists who had taken hold of the cafe had shared photographs of the atrocities they committed inside with Marzan via encrypted messages.

Police said Marzan was a member of the neo Jamaatul Mujhideen Bangladesh and had been involved in the &quot;motivational training&quot; of militants in the country.

A student of the department of Arabic at Chittagong University, Marzan disappeared from the radar in January last year.

The attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka&#39;s diplomatic area in July last year killed at least 20 civilians, including 17 foreign nationals. One of those killed was a 19-year-old Indian girl,&nbsp;Tarishi Jain.&nbsp;

After a nearly 13-hour hostage crisis, Bangladesh Army&nbsp;commados launched &quot;Operation Thunderbolt&quot; to retake the cafe. Five terrorists were killed in the operation.&nbsp;

Islamic State later released photographs of the five terrorists and claimed responsibility for the attack.&nbsp;

Monirul Islam had earlier told WION that his counter-terrorist unit was hunting three militants, including Marzan, on priority.

Syed Ziaul Haque, chief of the Ansar Al Islam, an Al-Qaida affiliate in the Indian subcontinent, and Mynul Musa, a leader of the neo JMB, are the other two terrorists. They are still at large.

&quot;There has been an effort by the law enforcement agencies to gradually fold up or dismantle some of the key networks that they have identified and go after some of the top leadership of the neo JMB and some of the other groups which have become very prominent in recent times,&quot; said Shafqat Munir, a security analyst with the Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies.&nbsp;

An awkward silence

Despite the coordinated efforts of security forces, which has resulted in the killing of at least 28 suspected militants since the July attack, Dhaka has been experiencing an awkward &quot;silence&quot;.

But the absence of more attacks since the July one last year cannot rule out the possibility of terrorists having more cards under their sleeves, warned Brigadier General (Retd.) Sakhawat Hussain, a security analyst.&nbsp;

&quot;There are serious challenges that still remain in our path,&quot; Munir told WION.

Analysts also caution that terrorist networks are not confined to key leadership alone, and that law enforcement agencies need to keep a close eye on sleeper cells and other parts of the networks. &nbsp;

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Another man who is a suspect in the murders of a Hindu priest and a Christian convert from Islam was also killed in the gun battle

Bangladesh police said Nurul Islam Marzan, a key coordinator of the attack on an upscale Dhaka cafe last July which left at least 20 people dead in its wake, was killed Friday morning in a gunfight with police. Another man who is a suspect in the murders of Hindu priest Jogeshwar Roy, Hossain Ali, a Christian convert from Islam, and Japanese national Hoshi Kunio was also killed in the gunfight, Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime chief Monirul Islam confirmed to WION. Ali was killed in March last year. Roy in February, and Kunio in October 2015. The Holey Artisan bakery and O'Kitchen restaurant after it was retaken by Bangladeshi army commandos. (Reuters) × Security forces said Marzan was a key coordinator of the July attack, and that the terrorists who had taken hold of the cafe had shared photographs of the atrocities they committed inside with Marzan via encrypted messages. Police said Marzan was a member of the neo Jamaatul Mujhideen Bangladesh and had been involved in the "motivational training" of militants in the country. A student of the department of Arabic at Chittagong University, Marzan disappeared from the radar in January last year. The attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka's diplomatic area in July last year killed at least 20 civilians, including 17 foreign nationals. One of those killed was a 19-year-old Indian girl, Tarishi Jain. After a nearly 13-hour hostage crisis, Bangladesh Army commados launched "Operation Thunderbolt" to retake the cafe. Five terrorists were killed in the operation. Islamic State later released photographs of the five terrorists and claimed responsibility for the attack. Monirul Islam had earlier told WION that his counter-terrorist unit was hunting three militants, including Marzan, on priority. Syed Ziaul Haque, chief of the Ansar Al Islam, an Al-Qaida affiliate in the Indian subcontinent, and Mynul Musa, a leader of the neo JMB, are the other two terrorists. They are still at large. "There has been an effort by the law enforcement agencies to gradually fold up or dismantle some of the key networks that they have identified and go after some of the top leadership of the neo JMB and some of the other groups which have become very prominent in recent times," said Shafqat Munir, a security analyst with the Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies. An awkward silence Despite the coordinated efforts of security forces, which has resulted in the killing of at least 28 suspected militants since the July attack, Dhaka has been experiencing an awkward "silence". But the absence of more attacks since the July one last year cannot rule out the possibility of terrorists having more cards under their sleeves, warned Brigadier General (Retd.) Sakhawat Hussain, a security analyst. "There are serious challenges that still remain in our path," Munir told WION. Analysts also caution that terrorist networks are not confined to key leadership alone, and that law enforcement agencies need to keep a close eye on sleeper cells and other parts of the networks. (WION)

Bangladesh: Key coordinator of Dhaka cafe attack killed in gunfight with police

The head of banned terror outfit, accused of carrying out a deadly July 1 cafe attack in Dhaka, died during a raid earlier this month, &nbsp;Bangladesh&rsquo;s elite anti-terror agency Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) confirmed today.&nbsp;

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Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) chief Abdur Rahman tried to jump from the fifth floor of a building to evade arrest during the raid carried out by RAB in Ashulia, a suburban area near Dhaka, on October 8.&nbsp;

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He, however, suffered serious injuries and was later arrested by the agency. He was rushed to the hospital, where he succumbed to injuries several hours later, officials said.&nbsp;

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&ldquo;Abdur Rahman died in hospital on October 8 after jumping from the fifth floor of a building on the outskirts of Dhaka while attempting to evade arrest,&rdquo; a statement from the RAB said.

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Rahman is believed to be the mastermind behind the Holey Artisan Bakery siege in the high-security diplomatic&nbsp;zone in Gulshan. As many as 20 foreign nationals who were held hostage were killed by the JMB operatives.

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While the Islamic State had claimed responsibility for&nbsp;the attack, the Bangladesh authorities maintain that JMB was behind the siege.&nbsp;

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Sources in the RAB said that his identity was confirmed from his possessions and later his family members recognised him when the pictures of the dead body were shown.&nbsp;

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Last month, the Bangladesh police said that Major Murad, Dhaka attack mastermind&#39;s deputy, was killed&nbsp;during a raid in the Rupnagar area. Rahman had reportedly plotted the Dhaka attack with Murad and Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury, another accused who was killed in a house raid in Narayanganj on August 27.

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As many as 40 JMB operatives and followers have been killed in several raids conducted by the Dhaka police and RAB amid ensuing crackdowns following the Dhaka cafe attack.&nbsp;

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Abdur Rahman died in hospital on October 8 after jumping from the fifth floor of a building while attempting to evade arrest

The head of banned terror outfit, accused of carrying out a deadly July 1 cafe attack in Dhaka, died during a raid earlier this month, Bangladesh’s elite anti-terror agency Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) confirmed today. Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) chief Abdur Rahman tried to jump from the fifth floor of a building to evade arrest during the raid carried out by RAB in Ashulia, a suburban area near Dhaka, on October 8. He, however, suffered serious injuries and was later arrested by the agency. He was rushed to the hospital, where he succumbed to injuries several hours later, officials said. “Abdur Rahman died in hospital on October 8 after jumping from the fifth floor of a building on the outskirts of Dhaka while attempting to evade arrest,” a statement from the RAB said. Rahman is believed to be the mastermind behind the Holey Artisan Bakery siege in the high-security diplomatic zone in Gulshan. As many as 20 foreign nationals who were held hostage were killed by the JMB operatives. While the Islamic State had claimed responsibility for the attack, the Bangladesh authorities maintain that JMB was behind the siege. Sources in the RAB said that his identity was confirmed from his possessions and later his family members recognised him when the pictures of the dead body were shown. Last month, the Bangladesh police said that Major Murad, Dhaka attack mastermind's deputy, was killed during a raid in the Rupnagar area. Rahman had reportedly plotted the Dhaka attack with Murad and Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury, another accused who was killed in a house raid in Narayanganj on August 27. As many as 40 JMB operatives and followers have been killed in several raids conducted by the Dhaka police and RAB amid ensuing crackdowns following the Dhaka cafe attack. (WION)

JMB chief blamed for Dhaka cafe siege dead, says Bangladesh

Bangladeshi police are trying to confirm the names of Islamist militants who attacked a Dhaka restaurant, killing 20 people, checking whether the identification of some by friends on social media is correct, officials said on Monday. 
 
Islamic State (IS) posted pictures of five fighters it said were involved in Friday&#39;s killings in Dhaka&#39;s diplomatic zone. Most of the victims, according to reports, were from Italy, Japan, India and the United States. 
 
&quot;Let the people of the crusader countries know that there is no safety for them as long as their aircraft are killing Muslims,&quot; it said in a statement. 
 
Posts on Facebook identified three of the five, whose grinning images appeared in front of a black flag, as Nibras Islam, Rohan Imtiaz and Meer Saameh Mubasheer. 
 
Police have said all six gunmen killed were locals and five were on a government militant watchlist. But they also said they were holding off before confirming their identities. 
 
Whoever was responsible, Friday&#39;s attack marked a major escalation in scale and brutality by militants demanding Islamic rule in Bangladesh, whose 160 million people are mostly Muslim. 
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Majority of attackers came from elite backgrounds&nbsp; 
 
Some of the men went to an elite public school in Dhaka, Scholastic, and then college at North South University in the capital and Monash University in Malaysia, according to the posts. Masudur Rahman, deputy police commissioner of Dhaka police, said officers were probing those links. 
 
&quot;A majority of the boys who attacked the restaurant came from very good educational institutions. Some went to sophisticated schools. Their families are relatively well-to-do people,&quot; Bangladeshi information minister Hasanul Haq Inu told India&#39;s NDTV. 
 
Police arrested a seventh man at the restaurant who they suspect played a role in the attack. He is currently in hospital. 
 
Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan believes home-grown militants are responsible for a wave of killings against minority groups in the past year and a half were to blame for Friday&#39;s bloodshed. 
 
The plan is to look for family members of the gunmen, conduct DNA tests and investigate their links to international groups, Rahman said. 
 
Bangladesh&#39;s $26 billion garment industry is braced for the fallout from the killings, fearing major retailers from Uniqlo to Marks and Spencer and Gap Inc could rethink their investment. 
 
Japan&#39;s Fast Retailing Co, owner of the Uniqlo casual-wear brand, will suspend all but critical travel to Bangladesh and has told staff there to stay home. 
 
US secretary of state John Kerry has offered Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina help in the investigation. 
 
&quot;The secretary (Kerry) encouraged the government of Bangladesh to conduct its investigation in accordance with the highest international standards and offered immediate assistance from US law enforcement, including the FBI,&quot; US state department spokesman John Kirby said in a statement. 
 
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Whoever was responsible, Friday's attack marked a major escalation in scale and brutality by militants demanding Islamic rule in Bangladesh

Bangladeshi police are trying to confirm the names of Islamist militants who attacked a Dhaka restaurant, killing 20 people, checking whether the identification of some by friends on social media is correct, officials said on Monday. Islamic State (IS) posted pictures of five fighters it said were involved in Friday's killings in Dhaka's diplomatic zone. Most of the victims, according to reports, were from Italy, Japan, India and the United States. "Let the people of the crusader countries know that there is no safety for them as long as their aircraft are killing Muslims," it said in a statement. Posts on Facebook identified three of the five, whose grinning images appeared in front of a black flag, as Nibras Islam, Rohan Imtiaz and Meer Saameh Mubasheer. Police have said all six gunmen killed were locals and five were on a government militant watchlist. But they also said they were holding off before confirming their identities. Whoever was responsible, Friday's attack marked a major escalation in scale and brutality by militants demanding Islamic rule in Bangladesh, whose 160 million people are mostly Muslim. Majority of attackers came from elite backgrounds Some of the men went to an elite public school in Dhaka, Scholastic, and then college at North South University in the capital and Monash University in Malaysia, according to the posts. Masudur Rahman, deputy police commissioner of Dhaka police, said officers were probing those links. "A majority of the boys who attacked the restaurant came from very good educational institutions. Some went to sophisticated schools. Their families are relatively well-to-do people," Bangladeshi information minister Hasanul Haq Inu told India's NDTV. Police arrested a seventh man at the restaurant who they suspect played a role in the attack. He is currently in hospital. Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan believes home-grown militants are responsible for a wave of killings against minority groups in the past year and a half were to blame for Friday's bloodshed. The plan is to look for family members of the gunmen, conduct DNA tests and investigate their links to international groups, Rahman said. Bangladesh's $26 billion garment industry is braced for the fallout from the killings, fearing major retailers from Uniqlo to Marks and Spencer and Gap Inc could rethink their investment. Japan's Fast Retailing Co, owner of the Uniqlo casual-wear brand, will suspend all but critical travel to Bangladesh and has told staff there to stay home. US secretary of state John Kerry has offered Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina help in the investigation. "The secretary (Kerry) encouraged the government of Bangladesh to conduct its investigation in accordance with the highest international standards and offered immediate assistance from US law enforcement, including the FBI," US state department spokesman John Kirby said in a statement. (Reuters)

Dhaka cafe siege: Bangladesh police try to confirm identity of assailants from FB posts

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid homage to the victims of the Gulshan attack at the Army Stadium in Banani on Monday morning. 
 
The 12-hour-long hostage crisis had ended on Saturday morning after a two hour assault by commandos, leading to the death of six gunmen and capturing one alive. Nine Italians, seven Japanese, one Indian, one Bangladeshi American and two Bangladeshis were among the 20 killed in the terror attack at Holey Artisan Bakery in Gulshan on Friday night. 
 
Two senior police officers, Banani Police Station officer-in-charge Salauddin Ahmed Khan and Detective Branch Assistant commissioner Robiul Islam also lost their lives while trying to rescue the hostages. 
 
While Salauddin was laid to rest at Banani Graveyard in Dhaka, Robiul was buried at her village home in Manikganj. Meanwhile, security continues to be tight at all sensitive points in the capital, with police checking all vehicles especially in the secured diplomatic area where the gruesome hostage killings took place. 
 
In the wake of the terror attack in Dhaka,&nbsp;US secretary of state John Kerry had also called the Bangladeshi Prime Minister and offered her assistance from American law enforcement agencies, including the FBI. State department spokesperson John Kirby said that the secretary on Sunday encouraged Bangladesh to conduct its investigation in accordance with the highest international standards and offered immediate US assistance in this regard.&nbsp; 
 
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Security continues to be tight at all sensitive points in the capital in the wake of the terror attack

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid homage to the victims of the Gulshan attack at the Army Stadium in Banani on Monday morning. The 12-hour-long hostage crisis had ended on Saturday morning after a two hour assault by commandos, leading to the death of six gunmen and capturing one alive. Nine Italians, seven Japanese, one Indian, one Bangladeshi American and two Bangladeshis were among the 20 killed in the terror attack at Holey Artisan Bakery in Gulshan on Friday night. Two senior police officers, Banani Police Station officer-in-charge Salauddin Ahmed Khan and Detective Branch Assistant commissioner Robiul Islam also lost their lives while trying to rescue the hostages. While Salauddin was laid to rest at Banani Graveyard in Dhaka, Robiul was buried at her village home in Manikganj. Meanwhile, security continues to be tight at all sensitive points in the capital, with police checking all vehicles especially in the secured diplomatic area where the gruesome hostage killings took place. In the wake of the terror attack in Dhaka, US secretary of state John Kerry had also called the Bangladeshi Prime Minister and offered her assistance from American law enforcement agencies, including the FBI. State department spokesperson John Kirby said that the secretary on Sunday encouraged Bangladesh to conduct its investigation in accordance with the highest international standards and offered immediate US assistance in this regard. (ANI)

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Bangladesh: Key coordinator of Dhaka cafe attack killed in gunfight with police

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Dhaka cafe siege: Bangladesh police try to confirm identity of assailants from FB posts

Bangladesh PM pays tribute to victims of Dhaka cafe siege